Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Mix-Ready template?

The Mix-Ready templates are pre-mixed project files for your DAW (digital audio workstation). The routing, naming, balancing and mixing of all the individual tracks is already done and you can immediately start writing professional sounding music with it.

We have templates for these DAWs:

• Cubase
• Reaper
• Logic Pro X
• Studio One
• FL Studio
• Ableton
• GarageBand

How do I use a Mix-Ready template?

Just open the project file and everything will load automatically, so you can start filling the project with your own music. I also include the drum MIDI files of my YouTube demo songs in the project, so that you can see the MIDI mapping and MIDI velocity.

Please refer to the description of the template (below the sound demo video) to see a list of the plugins that you need. Most of my templates need only the stock plugins of the DAW and maybe some additional (free) plugins.

My goal is to make the templates accessible to everyone and not only those with a large library of expensive boutique plugins. If possible, I always use VST3 versions of 64-bit plugins.

Kontakt Output Routing

If you are experiencing problems like:

• Some output channels are not loading properly
• Some kit pieces are not audible
• Some channels are mono, but should be stereo

Please try this:

Open my Mix-Ready template as you downloaded it (without any changes made) and open the Kontakt interface. Go to the Kontakt output mixer section and click on 'Presets / Batch Configuration' and then 'save current output section state as default for' --> VST Plugin.

Now reopen your DAW and the Mix-Ready template. All the Kontakt output channels should be there and routed correctly!

Further steps for Studio One:

If you're still missing some kontakt output channels in the Studio One mixer, please add the missing output channels manually by ticking the boxes as shown below (the names will be different depending on the template):

Now save the project under a different name, close Studio One and open the original Mix-Ready template again. All channels should now load properly!

Additional info:

Kontakt works best when you route every channel in stereo. Even mono mic channels like Kick In, Kick Out, Snare Top etc. need to be routed in stereo. The following screenshot shows how the kontakt output channels should look like in Cubase:

All the Mix-Ready templates will run with the latest version of Kontakt 6. (Which is 6.7.1 as of February 2023)

Native Access rolled out Kontakt 7 in 2022 but they missed to make it downwards compatible. So you can't open Kontakt 6 presets and projects with Kontakt 7.

Luckily, you can install Kontakt 6 just fine and even use it next to Kontakt 7 with no issues.

How to install Kontakt 6

Please open Native Access and go to Preferences - Legacy Products. Now enable Show discontinued products and you will be able to install Kontakt 6.

How to find Kontakt in your DAW

1.) Open Native Access and check for updates. You can also view the current version and installation path of Kontakt 6:

2.) Make sure that your DAW scans this exact installation path - and finds the correct Kontakt.dll

Sometimes after updating Kontakt 6, the DAW will continue to open the old version of Kontakt, because the old Kontakt.dll is still somewhere on the system. Please delete any old Kontakt.dll files that you don't need anymore.

If all this didn't work for you or you are still looking for more information, feel free to send an e-mail to georg@mix-ready.com and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.